[AusNOG] routerOS ... used to be RE: Cross Connect Pricing & Peering POP's

[Andrew Cox]

Hey Alex,

The RouterOS system is by and large both incredibly cost-effective and
feature rich for what it is (a software based router); we carry RB450G's
around in laptop bags as they can act as a serial -> IP unit, BGP peer, or
basic vlan switch etc.. super handy little unit's to have in a pinch. I've
been working with them for nearly 8 years now so I can answer most any
questions if you want to wing me an email off-list.

Further to this, as I'm seeing more of these MikroTik/RouterOS question
emails come through in AusNOG every now and again I'd like to mention I do
some free MikroTik consulting for a bunch of people in my spare time via
admin at mikrotik-routeros.com (there's some folks here on this list who can
vouch for me if needed) so anyone here is welcome to hit me up if you run
into problems or have questions.

Other than that, if you're looking for an entirely free solution I would
add a +1 to utilising BIRD (and I'll add that at least two of the well
known IX's in OZ are currently using BIRD in some capacity)

Cheers,
Andrew Cox



On 26 September 2013 14:31, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <
Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Wondering what peoples experience with router OS is. thinking about
> running in a VM and using BGP and OSPF.  First glance it looks like
> somebody has taken linux and added some apps and wrapped it into a distro
> of sorts
>
> Also i saw mention a while back of somebody building a sw BGP setup.
> Wondering what solution they used. Quagga seems to have come up a few times
> in my searches
>
> Alex
> ________________________________________
> From: AusNOG [ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] on behalf of James Symon [
> jsymon at monashivf.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 4:23 PM
> To: Nathan Brookfield; Daniel Watson
> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cross Connect Pricing & Peering POP's
>
> I run 10gb links out of a Dell 1950 with router OS (Can't be version 6) on
> it as long as you use an Intel 10gb card it is fine.
> Production is running DAC HP Procurve sfp+ cables - I'm unsure what fibre
> modules would work for you however I did find one that worked but can't
> remember which one.
> I can remember that HP Procurve, H3C and a Dell Branded Finstar did not
> work.
>
> +1 for Mikrotik kit, interesting to see Emergency services here are using
> it as a backup MPLS over radio network... pretty fun stuff.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Nathan
> Brookfield
> Sent: Friday, 20 September 2013 7:57 PM
> To: Daniel Watson
> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Cross Connect Pricing & Peering POP's
>
> Daniel.
>
> Also I am have to be corrected here but I am fairly sure the RB2011UAS-RM
> only has a single SFP cage, not even SFP+ and does not support that Optic
> or any other optic over 1G.
>
> I believe you would need a Cloud Core router to support 10G and even so
> it's fairly experimental.
>
> The CCR's are sexy little boxes, they'll do the throughput you need once
> you man handle the configuration into them!
>
> Nathan Brookfield
> Chief Executive Officer
>
> Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd
> http://www.simtronic.com.au
>
> > On 20 Sep 2013, at 19:06, "Daniel Watson" <daniel at glovine.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > RB2011UAS-RM
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